Ultimate Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

This creamy buttercream recipe is the perfect amount of sweetness. If you love lots of frosting, double the recipe.

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Homemade Buttercream Frosting Recipes

Create a sweet topper for cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and more with these indulgent buttercream frosting recipes.

Buttercream frosting is a delicious way to add flavor to your favorite cake, and while everyone loves chocolate and vanilla frostings we know that sometimes you may also want something more. These buttercream frosting recipes make adding the flavors of summer and the South to your favorite cake or cupcake simple. Buttercream recipes like Mint Chocolate Chip Buttercream Frosting and Bourbon Buttercream Frosting will kick your frosting up a notch. The frosting recipes for our Chocolate Buttercream Frosting and our Ultimate Vanilla Buttercream Frosting will become your go-to buttercream recipes. So enjoy the richness of this wonderful way to finish your cake. These frosting recipes will have you making an extra batch so you can spread it on as thick as you'd like.